Home shopping a few other Orange Counties

There are 8 Orange Counties across the U.S. This home is in Orange County, Vermont. The home at 2208 Backbay Road in the town of Corinth came with a barn and room for a tractor bay. The Orange County property sold for $450,000. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBRA S. KINGSBURY/LANG McLAUGHRY REAL ESTATE

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What can you get for $455,000 – the median price of an Orange County, Calif. home – in some of the seven other Orange Counties across the nation?

Orange County, California isn’t the only place where real estate is seeing a resurgence. Nationally, the median price increased 11 percent from a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said of previously owned homes.

“Housing industry roars back,’’ crowed a recent headline in the Orlando Business Journal in Orange County, Fla.

Here’s a sampling of homes that recently sold in some of the nation’s other Orange Counties – at our median of $455,000 or close to it:

2208 Backway Road, Corinth, Vt.

This contemporary home with “glorious’’ gardens has a gazebo, a barn with additions, a pole barn, fenced fields, and an attached two-bay garage with additional workshop space, or space for a tractor bay. The house and more than 43 acres sold for $450,000.

123 Edgemont Lane, Locust Grove, Va.

“This beautiful contemporary home has a WOW effect!’’ the listing swooned. The 3,000 square-foot home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The house, with a panoramic lake view, includes a two-story great room including an open loft area, hardwood floors, a sun room, Fibercon decking, and a private dock. Sold: $450,000.

111 Parkside Circle, Chapel Hill, N.C.

The 2,471-square foot, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home offers “spectacular’’ views of a pond and park. A spacious kitchen includes new appliances and a pantry, and the home has hardwood floors, a living room/library, and a bonus room that could be another bedroom. The residence, with a screened front porch, sits on a 8,712-square foot lot. Sold: $455,000

1500 Lancaster Drive, Orlando, Fla.

The listing called this 2,579-square foot, 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom home on a corner lot “a rare find’’ in a “stunning’’ neighborhood. The house has a “majestic’’ view, a sun-drenched dining room with an original chandelier, wood-burning fireplaces in the living room and family room, a galley-styled kitchen with “oodles of counter space’’ and bedrooms with wooden floors. A home office space also can be used as an artist’s studio. Sold: $455,000.

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